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Tea service

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1891-1914

GUSN

GUSN-180569

Description

Porcelain tea service consisting of six teacups, six saucers and a divided tray. White base decorated with flowers in many colors and highlights in gilt.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea services
porcelain
Service, Tea

Inscription

"RK / Dresden / GERMANY" (Blue markwith crown, R is reversed, back-to-back with K, Dresen is in script.)
"Bavaria." (Blue text on gold background)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Karl Richard Klemm (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Dresden, Germany

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.3036

Date

1891-1914 (Dates for RK Crown mark (Richard Klemm))

Places

Saxony (Germany)
Dresden (Dresden district, Saxony, Germany)

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